The fall of the world’s earliest cities has long looked like a riddle of vanished peoples and abandoned streets. A growing ...

A series of lengthy droughts brought about the fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...